Vasily Volsky

Vasily Volsky (10 March 1897-22 February 1946) was a general of the Soviet Red Army during World War II who commanded the 5th Guards Tank Army.

Biography
Vasily Timofeyevich Volsky was born on 10 March 1897 in Tula, Russian Empire, and he served in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War before rising in its ranks during peacetime. From 1939 to 1941, he was the head instructor of the Academy of Mechanization and Motorization of the Soviet Union, and he commanded the Soviet 4th Mechanized Corps during World War II. Despite opposing Joseph Stalin's Operation Uranus counterattack at the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942-1943, Volsky followed through with orders and destroyed the German and Romanian armies. In 1944, he was promoted to Colonel-General and was given command of the 5th Guards Tank Army, replacing Pavel Romistrov. In March 1945, he was hospitalized for tuberculosis, and he died in Moscow on 22 February 1946.